What’s Going on in the Gesh

What’s Going on in the Gesh

By Becky Dolinko, Gesher Rosh Eidah It has been a great first week in the first ever Gesher Aleph! On Monday, the madrichim (counselors) welcomed the chanichim (campers) with open arms and tons of enthusiasm to begin the session. That evening, with the theme of Gesher...
Let’s Do the Butz Warp Again!

Let’s Do the Butz Warp Again!

By Tzofim Segel (faculty) Rabbi Ari Margolis, Congregation Or Shalom in Vernon Hills IL, and Kathy Schwartz, Director of Lifelong Learning, Congregation Har HaShem in Boulder CO. Cue time warp music…. Imagine an unused swath of land. Then imagine what it would take to...
A Note from Our Gesher Segel

A Note from Our Gesher Segel

Breaking Out as One in Gesher by Rokki Parrinello This year I have been gifted the opportunity to work as a member of  Segel (faculty) for Gesher Aleph. This is the first time in the history of OSRUI that Gesher has been a unit during the first two weeks of the...
First Day was a Great Day!

First Day was a Great Day!

Today was the first day at camp for almost 500 chanichim (campers). Let’s check in on them and see if they did anything fun and exciting! Today seemed to be a pretty incredible first day at OSRUI!  Cannot wait to see what day two has in store!